Arbeitspapier

Real estate investors, the leverage cycle, and the housing market crisis

We explore a mostly undocumented but important dimension of the housing market crisis: the role played by real estate investors. Using unique credit-report data, we document large increases in the share of purchases, and subsequently delinquencies, by real estate investors. In states that experienced the largest housing booms and busts, at the peak of the market almost half of purchase mortgage originations were associated with investors. In part by apparently misreporting their intentions to occupy the property, investors took on more leverage, contributing to higher rates of default. Our findings have important implications for policies designed to address the consequences and recurrence of housing market bubbles.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Staff Report ; No. 514

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
Consumer Protection
Housing Supply and Markets
Thema
mortgages
leverage

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Haughwout, Andrew
Lee, Donghoon
Tracy, Joseph
van der Klaauw, Wilbert
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
(wo)
New York, NY
(wann)
2011

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Haughwout, Andrew
  • Lee, Donghoon
  • Tracy, Joseph
  • van der Klaauw, Wilbert
  • Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Entstanden

  • 2011

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